Originally posted by mpal2 It's not a cover-up. They just blatantly pushed a "project" through as fact. There were several federations that complained that this "project" did not go through proper channels.

I will go back and see if I can find a link to some of last summer's COP discussions.

I'm not sure what you mean by "as fact" since the Cop is in a test phase this year, which would seem to me to be equal to "project"

And I'm not sure what you mean by "pushed" unless you mean "voted on"

I would think it could not be considered "fact" until after the Congress votes on it this summer, and it is implemented in Championships next year.

I'm not sure how the current use of the COP can be considered a test. It is used to determine final rankings for the 2003 Grand Prix events and in the ISU's ranking of skaters. There is no test; it's fact that has become something everyone has to deal with for good or bad.

Here are some links I found on the complaints agains the ISU's adoption of COP.